April2018
News Octocopter: Double Or Squids Brings Oceanic Four-Player Co-Op To Switch This Week
It's an updated port of the Wii U version
Indie studio TACS Games has confirmed Octocopter: Double Or Squids is headed to the Nintendo Switch eShop this week on Thursday 5th April. It's an updated port of Octocopter: Super Sub Squid Escape - which scored a respectable 7/10 on Wii U back in 2016 - although this new version has been...
November2017
News ACORN Tactics Combines Turn-Based Strategy, Mechs and Alien Blobs
ACORN is for Alien Counter Offensive Response Network, by the way
Ooh, we love a bit of turn-based strategy here in Nintendo Life Towers - well, this writer with his ageing reflexes does, in any case. It's a genre not exactly heavily served on the Nintendo Switch, albeit Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle does an excellent job. There are Indie...
December2016
News Radiantflux: Hyperfractal Will Be Hacking Your Wii U Later This Month
Hack the planet
TACS Systems has announced that its next Wii U eShop title will launch this month. Radiantflux: Hyperfractal is a unique combination of adventure, action and puzzle-solving all presented in a faux desktop computer environment. You assume the role of a "neo-hacker" who delves into "data-fractal hyper structures" after receiving a...
August2015
News Wii U eShop Space-Themed Title Factotum Arrives In North America 20th August
Can you save the day?
You’re deep in space and something has collided with your space vessel. The main power is offline and you’re now trapped. Fortunately you have access to a walker control terminal. Although it’s a tad outdated, with the assistance of two little robots, some cleaver thinking and an unknown voice guiding you, you might be...
June2015
Video New Factotum Trailer Feels Like Red Dwarf Meets Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
Forthcoming Wii U eShop release is lost in space
Indie developer TACS Games has kindly sent us a brand new trailer for his upcoming Wii U eShop title Factotum, and we're really digging the "BBC Sci-Fi" vibe. Looking and sounding like a cross between the cult sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf and the equally funny Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Factotum...
News Quadcopter Pilot Challenge is Flying Into North America Soon
Gives a first-person view on the GamePad
Not so long ago we told you about Quadcopter Pilot Challenge, an upcoming Wii U eShop release from TACS games. Incorporating a third-person view on the TV and a first-person camera angle on the GamePad, it has a Pilotwings vibe while utilising the popular vehicles / toys as the star attraction. For those in...
May2015
News Quadcopter Pilot Challenge Aims to Take Flight on the Wii U eShop
Uses the GamePad for a separate camera
The Wii U eShop continues to attract fresh developers, some with ambitious ideas, and TACS Games appears to be in this category with Quadcopter Pilot Challenge. Based on the small toy craft of that name, this title appears to aim for a blend of Pilotwings-style challenges and ambitious use of the GamePad...
